Email: christina.wusinich@nyu.edu
Program: PhD in Counseling Psychology
Year Entered Program: 2021
Research Interests: transformative mental health; mad studies; peer support; liberatory education; participatory research; mixed methods
Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Alisha Ali and Dr. Lisa Suzuki
Research Description/Bio:
Christina Wusinich is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program working with mentors Dr. Alisha Ali and Dr. Lisa Suzuki. Christina’s research focuses on tranformative mental health and liberatory education using participatory and mixed methods approaches.
Before NYU, Christina conducted research across disciplines through projects related to depression, homelessness, community mental health, health psychology, and affective neuroscience. In 2016, they obtained an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree at NYU’s Gallatin School of individualized study, studying narratives of depression through psychology, philosophy, critical theory, literature, and neuroscience. In 2018, they completed a master’s in Neuroscience and Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College.